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Milchwerk Crailsheim dairy needed to improve the process and reduce energy costs

Digital Transformation

German dairy facility undertakes digitalization project

Milchwerk Crailsheim dairy needed to improve the overall cheesemaking process and reduce energy costs

July 14, 2022

Milchwerk Crailsheim dairy needed to improve the overall cheesemaking process and reduce energy costs.

Line changeovers can create significant production loss

Managing Line Changeovers

Improve quality with better line changeover management

Not only is quality hampered by poor line changeover planning, but costs can ramp up quickly during non-production

Vikram Mankar

June 16, 2022

Getting hold of line changeovers improves quality, decreases waste

Heineken uses event-driven architecture to ensure beer never runs dry

Connected Enterprises

How an international brewer has insight over worldwide operations

Heineken’s journey to real-time global connectivity with event-driven integration means your beer will be waiting for you after work

Chris Wolski

June 10, 2022

Heineken adopts an even-driven software strategy to make sure orders are filled on time.

Automation and food processing today: It’s about labor

Food processors have found labor scarce, difficult to retain and in need of ongoing training; automation can help.

Wayne Labs

June 8, 2022

When we recently surveyed architectural and engineering/construction firms (A&E/Cs) and asked what trends or forces they see driving automation projects, every firm mentioned “labor” or “workforce availability” in its initial response.

AI in process control

A process is only as good as the technology behind it

Kristen Kazarian

June 6, 2022

AI use in food processing is expected to have a compound annual growth rate of 45% between now and 2026, promising improved safety and food quality, according to HUB Risk Services. But AI in food processing is not without risk.

Plant Openings

Bowery Farming opens vertical farm in Bethlehem Steel’s vacated property

Otherwise unusable as agricultural land, the Bethlehem, Pa.-based property can support indoor vertical farming

May 31, 2022

The smart vertical farm will support local and major grocery chains.

Automation, especially on the packaging and material handling side of an operation can assume a lot of jobs that are boring and tiring

Automation Trends

Automation and food processing today: It's about labor

Food processors have found labor scarce, difficult to retain and in need of ongoing training; automation can help

Wayne Labs

May 16, 2022

Processors are turning to automation to fill jobs where people are unavailable.

Artificial intelligence/machine learning reduces mistakes and waste

AI/ML systems not only use vision to guide robotics in pick-and-place, but also can simultaneously make intelligent quality decisions

Wayne Labs

May 9, 2022

Good data—and lots of it—is key to making artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) production, inspection and packaging systems work without a hitch, plus well written algorithms to analyze the data and make decisions that will help people and machines function more intelligently.

Canadian bakery digitizes management, cultivates collaboration

St-Méthode Bakery chose to digitize its management system to empower managers and improve its practices.

Sharon Spielman

April 26, 2022

St-Méthode Bakery goes paperless for better communication, coordination and collaboration.

Processing Tech

Digital transformation relies on smart sensor data and human inputs

Having the right tools and templates provide actionable real-time information on process, inventory and suppliers

Wayne Labs

April 20, 2022

Without sensor data, you can’t control a process—much less begin a digital transformation at your facility. KPIs (Key performance indicators) are a way to measure how your process, packaging or even your palletizing areas are performing, but to get these KPIs requires sensor data.